Denon Amplifiers

Japanese maker whose roots go back to 1910. Pioneered professional PCM digital recording in the 1970s and now dominates AV receivers.

Founded: 1910 (founded as Nippon Chikuonki Shokai; Denon comes from Denki Onkyo)
Founder: Frederick Whitney Horn
Headquarters: Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Manufacturing: Japan and Asia
Parent company: Harman International (Samsung)
How to buy: Sold through specialist hi-fi dealers and online retailers
Known for: AV receivers, professional digital recording, DL-103 moving-coil cartridge

Currently, we have 9 Denon amplifiers in our database. Below you can find the list with their main specs and links to their review pages.

Denon Integrated Amplifier (1)
Denon Integrated Amplifier with built-in DAC (4)
Denon Streaming Integrated Amplifier (4)

Denon Integrated Amplifier

	Model	Watts RMS (8Ω)	Amp Class	DAC	Phono
	Denon PMA-3000NE	80 watts	Class A/B	Yes	Yes

Denon Integrated Amplifier with built-in DAC

Model	Watts RMS (8Ω)	Amp Class	DAC	Phono
Denon AE PMA-A110	80 watts	Class A/B	Yes	Yes
Denon PMA-1600NE	70 watts	Class A/B	Yes	Yes
Denon PMA-1700NE	70 watts	Class A/B	Yes	Yes
Denon PMA-600NE	45 watts	Class A/B	Yes	Yes

Denon Streaming Integrated Amplifier

Model	Watts RMS (8Ω)	Amp Class	DAC	Phono
Denon CEOL RCD-N12	-	Class D	Yes	Yes
Denon DRA-900H	100 watts	Class A/B	Yes	Yes
Denon Home Amp	100 watts	Class D	Yes	No
Denon PMA-900HNE	50 watts	Class A/B	Yes	Yes

About Denon

Denon traces to 1910 and the earliest Japanese record industry - it made discs and recording equipment long before it made hi-fi. In 1972 it put the first commercial PCM digital recorder into use for classical sessions, more than a decade before the compact disc reached shops, so a number of early CD releases were Denon digital masters. The DL-103 moving-coil cartridge, designed for NHK broadcast use in 1962, is still made and still sold.

An American entrepreneur working in Japan who started the country early record business.

The DL-103 is one of very few audio products with an unbroken production run of over sixty years, and it exists because a national broadcaster needed a rugged cartridge, not because a hi-fi company wanted a halo product.

Merged with Marantz to form D and M Holdings, which became Sound United, sold to Masimo in 2022 and to Harman in 2025.

Notable models: DL-103 cartridge, AVR-X receivers, PMA integrated amplifiers.

Official Denon website

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